from Rich Chere of NJ.com,

... an angry Michael Ryder will be a healthy scratch.

"Yeah, I'm angry. Of course I'm angry," Ryder said when asked by NJ Advance Media. "You want to play. Especially when I think I can help the team. If the coach doesn't feel you can help the team, it's his decision."

Ryder said he cannot recall the last time he was a healthy scratch and he didn't see this coming.

"Nope. It's the coach's decision. He's got to do what he's got to do," Ryder said. "Obvioulsy you have to score goals, but the whole team is struggling to score goals. (Pete DeBoer) has decisions he thinks are best and if I don't fit in, that's it."

DeBoer was unavailable after it became evident that Ryder, Seth Helgeson and Jon Merrill would be healthy scratches.

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